Elizabeth Woodcock, Deborah Walker Keegan

Broschiertes Buch

Patient Access

Tools and Strategies for the Medical Practice

Beschreibung

Patient access is business-critical for today's medical practice. Patient access impacts appointment availability, the cost to deliver medical care, patient and referring physician satisfaction, as well as your practice's bottom line. Velocity to treatment is the new competitive advantage for medical practices. Patient Access: Tools and Strategies for the Medical Practice addresses the critical components of patient access: provider supply, patient demand, scheduling optimization, telephone management, call centers, virtual communication, and telehealth. It provides strategies, tools, and resources to help your practice effectively manage the patient access challenge. The book will provide the strategies and tools to:- Balance provider supply and patient demand - Cultivate a patient access culture - Determine tactics to streamline call handling - Develop strategies to optimize scheduling - Create best practices in telephone management - Enhance communication with patients and referring physicians - Provide a detailed road map to design, develop, and manage a call center - Develop protocols for virtual communication and e-visits - Select systems that can provide an effective telephone platform - Benchmark key performance indicators (KPIs) to recommended patient access targets

Autor

Elizabeth Wallace Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, founded the Patient Access Symposium® in 2011. Educated at Duke University (BA) and the Wharton School of Business (MBA), Elizabeth has traveled the country as an industry researcher, operations consultant, and expert presenter. As a principal of Woodcock & Associates, Inc., and Woodcock & Walker Consulting, Elizabeth has focused on medical practice operations throughout her career. She served as the director of knowledge management for Physician Practice, Inc., a consultant with the Medical Group Management Association® (MGMA®) Health Care Consulting Group, group practice services administrator at the University of Virginia Health Services Foundation, and a senior associate at the Advisory Board Company. Elizabeth is a Certified Medical Practice Executive and a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives. In addition to co-authoring Operating Policies and Procedures Manual for Medical Practices (four editions) and The Physician Billing Process (three editions), she is the author of Mastering Patient Flow (four editions), Front Office Success, and PCMH and PCSP Policies and Procedures Guidebooks. Elizabeth is a frequent contributor to national healthcare publications and a sought-after keynote speaker and trainer.To contact Elizabeth or learn more about her services, go to www.elizabethwoodcock.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Medical Group Management Association
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781568295336
• ISBN-10: 1568295332
• Artikelnr.: 49204582